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"The tobacco industry's obstruction is the fundamental cause of ineffective tobacco control, " says the report coauthored by Yang and Hu.
Kent County Council may have to withdraw millions of pounds invested in tobacco companies, according to an internal report.
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Tobacco use in films is falling, a US report on smoking in movies has found.
Prof John Britton, director of the UK Centre for Tobacco Control Studies at the University of Nottingham and report chairman, said people with mental health disorders might find it harder to quit smoking but that did not mean they did not want to stop.
Jabeer Butt, Deputy Chief Executive of the Race Equality Foundation, hopes that the findings of the report will lead to better regulation of smokeless tobacco products.
The report said the prevalence of hypertension, obesity and tobacco use had increased in stroke patients.
The report also dismissed calls for duty rates on alcohol and tobacco to be cut to undermine the profit margins of smugglers.
The report said this was the equivalent of funding anti-tobacco smuggling measures across the UK and smoking cessation services in England twice over.
The SCOTH report offers guidance on passive smoking, addiction and marketing of tobacco products.
An increase in the smuggling of alcohol and tobacco is leading to lost revenues and more organised crime, a Commons report has warned.
In a report presented to a meeting of G20 ministers in Washington on Friday, the billionaire philanthropist proposed taxing financial transactions, tobacco, and shipping and aviation fuels, according to details of the report obtained by Reuters.
In particular, the report emphasises the importance of the four main lifestyle risk factors - diet, physical activity, alcohol and tobacco.
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